Chapter 2 Growth

  On September 1st, 7,621,143 years after the mainland calendar, this is the day Yang Tong started school. Luoyu County is not a big county, but it covers an area of thousands of miles. The population in the county seat is as high as 30 million, divided into three urban areas: outer, middle and inner cities. The inner city is where people are densely populated, with 80% of the 30 million people living there. The inner city is further divided into eight county districts, each with a school. The middle city is where some poor people live, while the outer city is where grains are planted.

  Why open up farmland in the county town, it's because outside the county town is a region where barbarians and beasts roam freely. If you don't use city walls to protect the fields, they will only be destroyed by the barbarians. Therefore, the Wind Xuan Continent is still a world of high martial arts, where everyone practices martial arts to strengthen their bodies.

  It was still dark when I was called up by my father, and then I practiced horse stance for half an hour. Since I was five years old, my father has been requiring me to practice horse stance every morning to lay a solid foundation.

  At around eight thirty, Yang Tong took Yang Tao out the door. Outside the entrance was a vehicle that looked like a motorcycle, but unlike motorcycles on Earth, it had no wheels, only two grinding disc-like gas discs. The body of the vehicle was equipped with thick armor plating, and there were six weapon racks installed on both sides of the vehicle.

  If such a vehicle were on Earth, ordinary people would not dare to ride it on the street. This is obviously an armed motorcycle, not a civilian one at all.

  Yang Tong understood that the value of this car was equivalent to the value of his family's house. The name of the car is: Flying Disc Motorcycle. It is a product of the special civilization technology under the Wind Xuan Continent.

  The human civilization of the Fengxuan continent is known as the Lingju Civilization, which Yang Tong understands to be a special form of civilization that combines spiritual and mechanical aspects. The powerful tools developed by humans using various crystals from nature are called Lingju, with many types available, ranging from daily necessities to powerful combat weapons.

  There are nine grades of spiritual tools, and the flying disc motorcycle in this house is a top-grade spiritual tool. It can float up to three meters high and reach a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour. In general, it floats half a meter high and controls its average speed at around sixty kilometers per hour, with almost zero energy consumption from the crystal stone. This is also an advantage of crystal stones - they can absorb energy from nature before being depleted. The higher the grade of the crystal stone, the faster it recovers, and the more valuable it becomes. Most importantly, this energy source does not pollute.

  Yang Tong is very interested in this special technology and naturally looks forward to going to school.

  Southeastern schools, combining primary and secondary education, children enter school at the age of six, primary six grades, secondary four grades, need to spend ten years to complete the study of secondary schools.

  The school is very large, with more than 50,000 students, and the campus covers a vast area.

  "Go in, take your student ID, and find your own class." Father put down Yang Tong, instructing seriously, "Study hard, got it?"

  "Uh-huh, I know, bye Dad." Yang Tong smiled slightly and replied cutely. Yang Tong understood that entering this school to study wasn't something every kid could do, the tuition fees were quite high.

  Holding his student ID, Yang Tong walked through the school gate, wanting to truly understand this world's unique civilization from here.

  Arrived at his own class, Elementary Grade One Class Five, with a total of one hundred students in the class.

  The one who walked onto the stage was a female teacher in her forties.

  "Hello everyone, my name is Xue Ying, you can call me Teacher Xue. From today on, I will be the head teacher of this class and I will be responsible for teaching you about the various beast species. In the first year of elementary school, we have martial arts theory, martial arts practice, history of warriors, cultural studies, geography knowledge, and introduction to beast species. Generally, we practice martial arts in the morning and study literature in the afternoon." Teacher Xue introduced, "Now please welcome the martial arts teacher for class."

  Mr. Xue finished speaking and walked out of the classroom, a young man with a somewhat elegant demeanor walked into the classroom.

  "Everyone, I'm Zhang Tianming. You can just call me Teacher Zhang. I'm a 9th-level martial arts instructor and I'll be teaching you all for the next six years."

  "Today is the first day of class, let's start with some light theoretical knowledge. What is the purpose of learning martial arts? Does everyone know?" Teacher Zhang said: "For self-protection, for strengthening one's body, and more importantly, for awakening! Our human body is actually a huge treasure trove, but this treasure trove has been locked. Starting from building a strong physique, cultivating one's body to become even stronger, possessing great power, agility, and strength. All of this is for the purpose of unlocking our own treasure trove, and the first step in unlocking it, we call it awakening!"

  "So everyone will ask, how can we awaken? I tell you all, this step is extremely difficult. If you don't study hard in these six years, it's possible that even when you're old, you still won't be able to awaken. Generally, those who cultivate up to the 9th level of Qi Gong are the easiest to awaken. Of course, there are also some special cases where people awaken at the 7th level or even have examples of awakening at a very young age. Perhaps among you, there are such geniuses."

  "If any of you feel a surge of heat flowing through your body, please notify me or your family immediately. Don't hide it at all, because this is a very good thing."

  "Alright, since you've just enrolled today, there's no need to learn anything too complicated. Let me introduce the classification of combat professions instead. During our training phase as humans, we all practice martial arts and physical training in the same way, but once we awaken, classifications emerge. Some people who awaken possess both spiritual power and mental power, with those strong in spiritual power being called Martial Spirit Masters, while those strong in mental power are referred to as Divine Mind Masters."

  Immediately afterwards, Zhang Tianming lectured on many theories, making Yang Tong's understanding of this new world even clearer.

  Yang Tong's learning and growth journey began, the first three years of primary education, the cultural course was to teach words and simple math. Here you don't need to learn sentences or write articles, as long as you can recognize words, understand and actually calculate it's okay. The martial arts course is all about laying the foundation and strengthening the body.

  Through learning in class and mainly self-study in school library, Yang Tong's knowledge has already caught up with that of ordinary adults.

  This world is far more dangerous than Yang Tong imagined, with all sorts of ferocious beasts roaming the wilderness, posing a threat to human survival. However, these ferocious beasts are also the raw materials for human civilization's progress. In the county town, there are many warriors who make a living by hunting these ferocious beasts. Generally, a family of three only needs to hunt and kill thirty low-level primary ferocious beasts per month to obtain sufficient living supplies. The weakest low-level primary ferocious beast is equivalent to a human warrior at the fifth level of apprenticeship, while a low-level intermediate ferocious beast is equivalent to a human warrior at the seventh level of apprenticeship, and a low-level advanced ferocious beast is equivalent to a human warrior at the ninth level of apprenticeship.

  Yang Tong's family, his father is a 9th-level martial artist in training, and every month he only needs to hunt and kill three low-to-medium level savage beasts to live a relatively wealthy life. While Yang Tong's father goes out for ten days every month, bringing back hundreds of low-level primary savage beasts and dozens of low-level intermediate savage beasts.

  No wonder, in order to survive, people must have at least the strength of a fifth-level apprentice; otherwise, they can only stay in the county town and do some manual labor, miscellaneous chores, or farming.

  Through self-study, Yang Tong also came to understand that after humans awaken, the next level above martial practitioners are Earth-level Martial Spirit Masters and Earth-level Divine Thought Masters. The former possess even more formidable close combat abilities than martial practitioners and can extract a certain amount of earth energy for their own use. The latter possess spiritual thought power, allowing them to remotely control some specially crafted spirit weapons for Divine Thought Masters to attack from a distance. Most importantly, Divine Thought Masters not only have combat functions, but the development foundation of human spirit technology is also based on Divine Thought Masters!

  The professions that have branched out from the Divine Mind profession include: Spirit Tool Masters, Pharmacists, Array Masters, and Illusionists. Especially the first three professions are not combat professions, it is precisely these three professions that have laid the foundation for the prosperity of human civilization, and all require strong spiritual willpower to support them. Of course, Spirit Tool Masters can be further divided into countless specialties, as can the other two professions. As for Martial Spirit Masters, apart from their combat function, they seem to have no other functions. It is precisely because of this that Divine Mind professionals hold a much higher position in human society than Martial Spirit Masters! However, unfortunately, the ratio of Awakened individuals to non-Awakened individuals is 10000:1. And among Awakened individuals, the ratio of Martial Spirit Masters to Divine Mind professionals is 1000:1. No one knows whether they will become a Martial Spirit Master or a Divine Mind professional before Awakening.

  Yang Tong calculated that the probability of becoming a divine thought master was one in ten million, and normally, only one divine thought master would appear among a population of 10 million!

  In the three years since entering school, Yang Tong has performed well in his entire grade and his grades have always been among the top, but he is not satisfied with himself.

  "Depressing, isn't it? I crossed over to save people, shouldn't I get some benefits?" However, Yang Tong discovered that apart from a bit of Yi Jing Bagua and Mei Hua Yi Shu, he didn't have any scientific knowledge. He couldn't even open the golden finger. Moreover, he didn't know if the Yi Jing Bagua based on the theory of Yin-Yang Wu Xing and Tian Gan Di Zhi was still accurate here.

  According to Yang Tong's understanding, the I Ching itself is a computational discipline. In theory, the evolution of heaven and earth can be inferred and calculated. However, this depends on the individual's level of Taoist cultivation.

  Due to his adult mentality, Yang Tong couldn't play with the kids around him and seemed out of place. Apart from studying, he practiced martial arts.

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